Profession Questions

1) Since maker is going to be removed with the coming of the profession system, will reverse, timeless and dragon equips drop from monsters in ToT and Leafre, or are they gone forever, like VIP equips?

2) What use is disassembling items with Alchemy if Maker is removed? Are monster crystals and powders still used to forge equipment? Do you get them from disassembling equipment?

3) Do graded crystals, monster crystals and powders have any use in the profession system?? What about stimulators?

4) If characters can assemble their own plates and crystals, are refining NPCs going to be removed?

5) Is Herbalism + Alchemy useful in anyway? Are there any great Attack potions I can forge with them? Can I mix my own All Cures, Summoning Rocks and Power Elixirs? Everyone seems to just be talking about the Giant Potion.

6) Is the Giant Potion useful either? Is the damage you do with your stomp based on your damage range, the monster level, the monster's HP or what?

Maker isn't being removed.

1) Since maker is going to be removed with the coming of the profession system, will reverse, timeless and dragon equips drop from monsters in ToT and Leafre, or are they gone forever, like VIP equips?

2) What use is disassembling items with Alchemy if Maker is removed? Are monster crystals and powders still used to forge equipment? Do you get them from disassembling equipment?

3) Do graded crystals, monster crystals and powders have any use in the profession system?? What about stimulators?

4) If characters can assemble their own plates and crystals, are refining NPCs going to be removed?

5) Is Herbalism + Alchemy useful in anyway? Are there any great Attack potions I can forge with them? Can I mix my own All Cures, Summoning Rocks and Power Elixirs? Everyone seems to just be talking about the Giant Potion.

6) Is the Giant Potion useful either? Is the damage you do with your stomp based on your damage range, the monster level, the monster's HP or what?

1. The things you could make with Maker are now all under the Blacksmith profession, no level or class limits. There's also, from what I've heard, little to no options for colors, I think all armors are mostly the red version, if it exists.

2. Monster Crystals are still used in producing items.

3. Monster Crystals and Powders, yes, Graded Gems, not that I know of

4. Haven't really bothered to check, I dunno.

5. You can make a variety of pots using Alchemy including HP/MP and stat pots, I'm not sure about attack, but I think so. Classes with the alchemy skill are able to combine two of the same equip in order to make a new equip, it's the same one, but with randomized stats, like a monster drop, and the possibility of it being hidden potential, it costs 5k per attempt.

6. I have no idea.

1) Since maker is going to be removed with the coming of the profession system, will reverse, timeless and dragon equips drop from monsters in ToT and Leafre, or are they gone forever, like VIP equips?

2) What use is disassembling items with Alchemy if Maker is removed? Are monster crystals and powders still used to forge equipment? Do you get them from disassembling equipment?

3) Do graded crystals, monster crystals and powders have any use in the profession system?? What about stimulators?

4) If characters can assemble their own plates and crystals, are refining NPCs going to be removed?

5) Is Herbalism + Alchemy useful in anyway? Are there any great Attack potions I can forge with them? Can I mix my own All Cures, Summoning Rocks and Power Elixirs? Everyone seems to just be talking about the Giant Potion.

6) Is the Giant Potion useful either? Is the damage you do with your stomp based on your damage range, the monster level, the monster's HP or what?

1. Nope, you will have to hunt/buy recipes for Dragon/Reverse/Timeless equipment then make them using Blacksmithing.

2. Equipment disassembled by Alchemy produces Item Crystals. Monster crystals from Maker become useless after the patch. Powders are used for Alchemy, for transformation potions. When you're making an item through Mining or Herbalism, there as a small chance of getting powders instead of the thing you're making.

3. Graded crystals and monster crystals are useless. Powders are still used, as said above. Not sure about stimulators, but I'm pretty sure they're useless as well.

4. Yeah, I haven't checked either. I would assume they're still there..

5. I have Alchemy on a side character, I use almost no money on potions since I just make them all from that character. There are even +HP/MP and +stat potions you can make.

6. Not sure about this.

Maker isn't being removed.

Yes it is.

Maker isn't being removed.

Maker skill was removed when the "Technological Age" update was released.

Maker skill was removed when the "Technological Age" update was released.

I won't say removed. But just replaced with a better, cooler version of it.

Bonus question: Are Recipes reusable or are they consumed when you create the item the recipe is for?

One time use.

Bonus question: Are Recipes reusable or are they consumed when you create the item the recipe is for?

Yes, they are consumed as well.

Bonus question: Are Recipes reusable or are they consumed when you create the item the recipe is for?

There are 1 use recipes and 1 day recipes. One use ones disappear from your inventory when you use it, and they disappear from the Profession window after you make it. 1 day ones also disappear from your inventory but they can be made over and over for 24 hours, after which they disappear from the Profession window.

Did not know about the 24 hrs one O.o.

There are 1 use recipes and 1 day recipes. One use ones disappear from your inventory when you use it, and they disappear from the Profession window after you make it. 1 day ones also disappear from your inventory but they can be made over and over for 24 hours, after which they disappear from the Profession window.

That's... quite interesting. It's a 1 day variant for ALL possible recipes, or is it particular ones?

Also, the new star recipe... I guess it exists... Know by any chance what you need to forge them?

I wonder how the Aran 3rd job advancement will work, considering you needed maker to do it.

That's... quite interesting. It's a 1 day variant for ALL possible recipes, or is it particular ones?

Also, the new star recipe... I guess it exists... Know by any chance what you need to forge them?

Pretty sure its particular. And not sure, sorry.

I'm betting and hoping the 24-hour ones refer to the potions. It would be a pain to hunt for each particular recipe every time you want to make a 2 minute potion.